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l vUNITED STATES)4 Wirtin-ri o. naamw, orsHENANDoAH, VIRGINIA, Assienonor#ons-1min` A ff Toni;.Amena-or SAME P LAoon-Q @j PATENT OFFICE.

f CAR-Doon.

'srncrrrcnrron 'forming part of Letters rst-ent No. 604,899, dated May`31, '189e Y l mutation and september-20,1897. .serisiia'aeza No model.)

car-doors. V @hebben for iountiiig'car-doors`-"on cars and .forpreventing'themfrom-being 10st therefrom;`

A The ,invention vconsists ,i'n the .construction r5 andnovelcombination and arrangement' off parts, as hereinafter fully' described,illus- 4ltrate'd infthe accompanying drawings/and.

pointed'outfm the claimshereto appended..`| o In the drawings, Figure l`is an elevation ofv aportion of a car provided with afcar-door tion. 1ig. .2f is agvertical sectional view of the same. Eign is asimilar view,thecrapkshaft being rotated for/swinging the door outthe presentinvention is'to une. iq 'provethe'construction picardoors and toppro--vide simple,inexpensiveand.eicient means,

constr l'ted-.in accordancewith this inven-` of the door and confinesthe saine its closed position, and the upper outerverticalportion,

receives the lower edge ofthedoor when the latteris'lifted out of therecesses bythe crankshaft and is arranged for sliding, andthe saidupper'portions of the guides guide-the door in-its vslidingl movement.The vinclined oonlmeeting portions direct the lower-edge .ofthe doorinto ,thel recess at the bottoniof the door-- 'openin'gof the'car, sothat ltheiilwamdfaiid 'outward swinging ofv the door by the crank- 1yshaft .is automatic'. ,The hangers 3, which are yformed .integral with ahorizontal bar 3L,

consist of npwardly-extending hoekfshaped arms engaging the crankshaft,which isconinedin the hooks orhaugersby bolts 107 loy cated. beneath thecrankshaft and locking,

\ theAca'r-door,agaiustupward movement. f

, The crank-shaft Ltis v'provided lat "itsv ends; with cranks 11,journaledA insuit-able bearl ings 12 and adaptedio oisetthebody'portion-,of the shaft froin the. side of the ear to `swing the-dooroutward :and permit the same to slide longitudinallyof'the shaft. v Thecrank `7 5 o 'zrgwardto permit the same toop'en.' I y l Like numerals of-referencedesignate corresponding parts in 'theseveral figuresof. the

adjacent to the door-opening is provided with an arm 1'3,-and thecrank-shaft 'is supported between its ends by an arm or crank14,.'foming a central hinge.- The arm 13 is connected by a rod 15 withan operating-lever 16, iul- 8o drawi-ugsp...v y A v.1 designates' acarprovided with .-adooropening and having reccsses'at the edges of 'the'opening to receivev acar-doorQand perlmit t-he same whenclosedntov haveits outer face -'ush with the outer face of. the side of. .the ear. Thecarfdoor'2, which is'adapted to,` 35 swing outward frm the recesses ofthe door,-v

opening, is provided with suitable' hangers 3 ndis suspended fronraerankshaft 4, which operates 4the door ,to swing it outward and toconfine it. in Lthe'saidrecesses. The door in u 4o lclosing/xn'ovesdownward and inward and its bottom is engagedby a pairof guides 5 and6,locat'ed at opposite sides ofthe door-'openingand havingincl-ined''supporting portions 8 and`9', adapted to receive the loweredge of 1- 45 thedoorwhenthe same is swungoutward.

1 Each guide is composed vof alower inner veri'ti'cal' portion andanupper outer vertical portion,l the lower terminalof which is connectedv by' the inclined portion with the upper .end of the'inne'r verticalportion.. The lower in- 'ner vertical portionengages the lower edgevcrunied between its endsl on the car at one side of the doorf'openingand adapted to move the connecting-rod upward and` downward toyactuate-the crank-shaft.' v

'When the door is closed, the operating-le-v ver, which. is providedwith a vhinged section 417, is "arranged in a horizontal position,- as

shown in Fig-'1 of the, accompanying drawings, 'andfit is adaptedto beswung downward to a vertical position, as illustrated'in .dotted linesin' Fig. lof the drawin s, to release the' door.v lThe hinged Asection othe operating- 4lever is provided with a slot 1 8 and is adapted to besecured 12o-staples or keepers 19 -and 20 ,-1 by alatcli 21. Thelatch21,which is L-shaped, is pivoted to the outer face-ofthe hinged sec#tion of the lever and is arranged to engage the opening ofthe -staplesor keepers when the hinged-section is disposed on the same. Theodoor isprov-idedwith a suitable han-- Id'le, and its opening movementis'limited by a vstop 22 of the ordinary construction.

The invention has the following advantages: The operating mechanismforswinging the crank-shaft inward and 'outward serves as a lock for thecar-doorland is adapted tosupport the crank-shaft when the same is'arranged to provide a track for the'door, and it is also adapted to`receive an ordinary carseal.' The door is securely held in its closedposition, and Vit is impossible for it to become disconnected from thecar and lost, and when the door is arranged for opening, it perfectfreedom of movementis afforded andthe door cannot become clogged andrefuse to open.

The lower edge of the door is free in opening, v

and the guides, which support the door in opening, serve as stops toconfine the bottom thereof when it is closed.

Changes in the form, proportion, and minor -details .of construction maybe resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any ofthe advantages of' this invention.

What I claim'is- 1. The combination with a car having a' door-opening,and a car-door, of a crank-shaft journaledon the car at the top of thedooropening and supporting the cardoor and forming'a track 'for thesame, said crank-shaft being adapted to be rotated partially to swingthe door into and out of the door-opening of the car, means for lockingthe crank-shaft againstrotation, and guides mounted on the car at thebottom of the car-opening and provided with lower inner verticalportions to 'I conne the door inI itsclosed positio'urand 'the car-atthe bottom of the door-opening and composed of the lower in uer verticalportions adapted to confine the door in its closed position, the outerupper vertical po'rtions forining guides and receiving the bottom of thevdoor when the latter is swung out of the dooropening, and the inclinedconnecting portions extendinglfrom the'upper ends of the lower .verticalportions to the lower ends of the outcr vertical ortions a d adapted toguide the bottoino thedoor in othedoor-openingwhen the door is beingclosed, an opcrating-lever mounted on the car and connected with thecrank-shaft, and means for locking the lever, substantially asdescribed. l

InV testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I havehereto affixedmy signature in the presence of .two witnesses.

YVILLTAM O. IIARLOW.

Witnesses:

J. F. HEAzEL, W. B. SPRINKEL.

